ASSOC

To help students use the Associative Property of addition and multiplication.
 * ASSOC **


 * A: Are any numbers or letters grouped by parentheses? **
 * Numbers/Letters in at least one equation are grouped by parentheses.


 * S: See if the groupings change from one equation to the next. **
 * How numbers are grouped for each equation is different.


 * S: Same numbers/letters, signs, and total? **
 * Equations must have the same numbers or letters
 * Equations must have the same operation signs
 * Equations have the same total


 * O: One, Two, THREE numbers/letters or more. **
 * Equations must have three numbers or more


 * C: Can be all addition signs or all multiplication signs **
 * Each equation must have only addition or only multiplication signs

[|Example of ASSOC]

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